Billboard 200: 11/23/13: Eminem #1: 792,000

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www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/5785903/eminems-marshall-mathers-lp-2-scores-second-biggest-debut-of

Eminem's 'Marshall Mathers LP 2' Scores Second-Biggest Debut of Year

By Keith Caulfield, L.A. | November 12, 2013


It's official: Eminem's new album, "The Marshall Mathers LP 2," debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart with the second-largest sales week of the year.

The set, which was released on Tuesday, Nov. 5, sold a bigger-than-expected 792,000 copies in the week ending Nov. 10, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

The rest of the new Billboard 200 chart's top 10 will be revealed on Wednesday, Nov. 13.

Justin Timberlake continues to reign with the year's biggest week, when "The 20/20 Experience" bowed at No. 1 with 968,000 back in March. The year's second-largest week had been the arrival of Drake's "Nothing Was the Same," which it debuted with 658,000.

"The Marshall Mathers LP 2" ("MMLP2") also logs the sixth-biggest sales week of the past five years. Since November of 2008, the only larger weeks were earned by Taylor Swift's "Red" (2012, 1.2 million its debut), Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" (2011, 1.1 million debut), Swift's "Speak Now" (2010, 1 million debut), Timberlake, and Lil Wayne's "Tha Carter IV" (2011, 964,000 debut).

"MMLP2" marks Eminem's seventh No. 1 album -- all consecutive, and all debuts at No. 1. His only album to miss the top slot was his first release, 1999's "The Slim Shady LP." It debuted and peaked at No. 2.

Impressively, "MMLP2" posts a larger debut than Eminem's last album, 2010's "Recovery," which started with 741,000. Both albums bowed bigger than his previous set, 2009's "Relapse," which entered with 608,000

[areyoureadytojump]

Albums with over 400k sold:

2011

(1) Born This Way – Lady Gaga – 1.108
(1) Watch The Throne – Jay-Z & Kanye West – 436
(1) Tha Carter IV – Lil Wayne – 964
(1) Mylo Xyloto – Coldplay – 447
(1) Take Care - Drake - 631
(1) Christmas - Michael Bublé - 479
(1) Christmas - Michael Bublé - 448
(1) Christmas - Michael Bublé - 467


2012

(1) 21 – Adele – 730
(1) Babel – Mumford & Sons – 600
(1) Night Train – Jason Aldean – 409
(1) Red – Taylor Swift – 1.208
(1) Take Me Home – One Direction – 540

2013

(1) 20/20 Experience - Justin Timberlake - 968
(1) Magna Carta - Jay Z 528
(1) Crash My Party - Luke Bryan 527
(1) Nothing Was The Same - Drake 658
(1) Marshall Mathers 2 LP - Eminem 792

[areyoureadytojump]

MOST #1 ALBUMS ON THE BILLBOARD 200

Beatles 19

Jay-Z 13

Elvis Presley 10
Bruce Springsteen 10

Rolling Stones 9
Barbra Streisand 9

Garth Brooks 8
Madonna 8

Elton John 7
Paul McCartney/Wings 7
Led Zeppelin 7
U2 7
Kenny Chesney 7
Eminem 7 *new*

Janet Jackson 6
The Eagles 6
Mariah Carey 6
Michael Jackson 6
Britney Spears 6
Nas 6
Dave Matthews Band 6
Kanye West 6

[HolidayGuy]

Even higher than the HITS count. Very nice.

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A sample of the top 120 best sales weeks in the Soundscan era

3 6/10/2000 The Marshall Mathers LP Eminem
5 6/15/2002 The Eminem Show Eminem
29 12/4/2004 Encore Eminem
41 6/22/2002 The Eminem Show Eminem
43 6/17/2000 The Marshall Mathers LP Eminem
44 11/16/2013 The Marshall Mathers LP 2 Eminem
54 7/10/2010 Recovery Eminem
66 11/27/2004 Encore Eminem
112 6/6/2009 Relapse Eminem
119 6/24/2000 The Marshall Mathers LP Eminem

[colson]

Shouldn't this thread be titled 11/23/13?

[Glove Slap]

Nov 12, 2013 22:10:17 GMT -5 @2m said:

A sample of the top 120 best sales weeks in the Soundscan era

3 6/10/2000 The Marshall Mathers LP Eminem
5 6/15/2002 The Eminem Show Eminem
29 12/4/2004 Encore Eminem
41 6/22/2002 The Eminem Show Eminem
43 6/17/2000 The Marshall Mathers LP Eminem
44 11/16/2013 The Marshall Mathers LP 2 Eminem
54 7/10/2010 Recovery Eminem
66 11/27/2004 Encore Eminem
112 6/6/2009 Relapse Eminem
119 6/24/2000 The Marshall Mathers LP Eminem

Extremely impressive track record here.

Another thing to note is that The Eminem Show and Encore were released during the tracking weeks to avoid losing sales due to internet leaks. If they had a regular release, they would be even higher.

[Enigma.]

Bow down, those kind of numbers and over a decade in the biz. Even Jay-Z can't compare.

[slw84]

Nov 12, 2013 21:58:36 GMT -5 areyoureadytojump said:

MOST #1 ALBUMS ON THE BILLBOARD 200

Beatles 19

Jay-Z 13

Elvis Presley 10
Bruce Springsteen 10

Rolling Stones 9
Barbra Streisand 9

Garth Brooks 8
Madonna 8

Elton John 7
Paul McCartney/Wings 7
Led Zeppelin 7
U2 7
Kenny Chesney 7
Eminem 7 *new*

Janet Jackson 6
The Eagles 6
Mariah Carey 6
Michael Jackson 6
Britney Spears 6
Nas 6
Dave Matthews Band 6
Kanye West 6

I can only see the following getting #1s in the future

[Enigma.]

Eagles, DMB, Kenny Chesney too if they choose right week to release. Not so convinced about Nas though.

[HolidayGuy]

As a side note: Both Babs and Madge have 13 top 2 albums (as four of Babs' albums peaked at No. 2, and five of Madge's did).

I wouldn't count Mimi Carey out of getting a future No. 1 album. Release week also plays a role in one's chances, too.

[C.Ro]

Any news about final numbers for Celine Dion?

[Nick]

Later this morning.

[C.Ro]

Nov 13, 2013 9:00:05 GMT -5 Nick said:

Later this morning.

Thanks

[areyoureadytojump]

www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.26230/title.hip-hop-album-sales-week-ending-11-10-2013

Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 11/10/2013

#1. Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP 2 - 793,000 (793,000)

#7. Drake - Nothing Was The Same - 37,000 (1,066,000)

#21. Lecrae - Church Clothes Vol. 2 - 15,000 (15,000)

#29. Linkin Park - Recharged - 11,000 (43,000)

#30. Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP - 10,000 (10,766,000)

#32. Tech N9ne - Therapy Sessions With Ross Robinson- 10,000 (10,000)

#50. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - The Heist - 8,000 (1,132,000)

#58. Eminem - The Eminem Show - 7,000 (10,270,000)

#64. Eminem - Recovery - 7,000 (4,509,000)

#65. Jay Z - Magna Carta...Holy Grail - 6,000 (1,054,000)

#87. Pusha T - My Name Is My Name - 6,000 (119,000)

#99. DJ Khaled - Suffering From Success - 5,000 (41,000)

#100. Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d. city - 5,000 (1,082,000)

* data comes from Nielsen Soundscan, rounded to nearest thousand for units above 10,000, nearest hundred for units below 10,000. Each week, HipHopDX presents top albums in Hip Hop/related, and five notables.

[HolidayGuy]

HITS forgot the original Marshall Mathers album in its chart- unless it no longer includes catalog albums or was just off by a good amount.

[chartfreak]

I could only imagine if Eminem and Gaga released the same week!!

[Glove Slap]

Nov 13, 2013 10:31:03 GMT -5 chartfreak said:

I could only imagine if Eminem and Gaga released the same week!!

That probably wouldn't happen since they are on the same label.

[areyoureadytojump]

music.yahoo.com/blogs/music-news/chart-watch-eminem-monster-debut-032010856.html


Chart Watch: Eminem’s “Monster” Debut

By Paul Grein

Eminem's The Marshall Mathers LP 2 sold 792K copies in its first week, a debut that lives up to the title of his current hit single, "The Monster." This is the second highest one-week sales total of the year, behind only Justin Timberlake's The 20/20 Experience, which sold 968K copies when it debuted in March.

This is Eminem's biggest one-week sales tally since Encore sold 871K in its second week in November 2004. This is the greatest tally for a hip-hop album since Lil Wayne's Tha Carter IV debuted with sales of 964K in September 2011.

Eminem is the first artist in Nielsen/SoundScan history (which dates to 1991) to top the 700K plateau in weekly sales with five different albums. Runners-up are Garth Brooks and Timberlake, who have each done it with three albums (giving Timberlake credit for two *NSYNC albums.)

The Marshall Mathers LP 2 is Eminem's seventh #1 album on The Billboard 200, a total matched or surpassed by only one rap artist—Jay Z, who has had 13. All of Eminem's #1 albums have come since January 2000. Only two other artists from any genre have had seven or more #1 albums in this century. Jay Z leads with 11. Kenny Chesney has also had seven.

The Marshall Mathers LP 2 has already spawned three top 10 hits on the Hot 100: "Berzerk," "Rap God" and "The Monster" (featuring Rihanna). It's Eminem's first studio album to contain more than two top 10 hits.

In addition, Eminem this week becomes the first artist to sell 40 million albums in the U.S. since January 2000. Eminem has sold 43,362,000 albums in his career. (His debut, The Slim Shady LP, sold 2,824,000 copies in 1999.) Eminem is the seventh best-selling album artist since 1991, when Nielsen SoundScan began tracking music sales. He's the #1 hip-hop artist and the #3 male solo artist, behind only country titans Garth Brooks and George Strait.

The Marshall Mathers LP 2 also enters the U.K.'s Official Albums Chart at #1. It's his seventh album to reach #1 in both the U.S. and the U.K. Only three other acts in chart history have had seven or more "transatlantic #1 albums." The Beatles had 10. Bruce Springsteen and Madonna have each had eight.

Eminem bumps Arcade Fire's Reflektor out of the #1 spot on The Billboard 200. This marks the second time that Eminem has dislodged the Canadian band from the top spot. Eminem's last album, Recovery, returned to #1 in August 2010, displacing Arcade Fire's last album, The Suburbs.

The Marshall Mathers LP 2 sold 457K digital copies, which puts it #1 on Top Digital Albums. It's the third highest one-week sales tally in digital history. Lady Gaga's Born This Way sold 662K copies in its first week (about 400K of those copies sold for 99 cents). Taylor Swift's Red sold 465K.

The initial The Marshall Mathers LP was released in May 2000. It's unusual for an artist to wait so long between albums in the same mega-selling "franchise," but it's not unprecedented. Meat Loaf took more than 16 years between the release of Bat Out Of Hell (1977) and Bat Out Of Hell II: Back Into Hell (1993).

The Marshall Mathers LP vaults from #106 to #30 in its 140th week on The Billboard 200. It's #1 on Top Catalog Albums for the third week. The album headed this chart for two weeks in 2002, when The Eminem Show was released.

Pop Quiz: Eminem’s only album to fall short of #1 was The Slim Shady LP, which logged three weeks at #2. Name the two albums that blocked it from the top spot. Answer below.

Rap or hip-hop artists account for fully half of the 10 biggest one-week sales tallies of 2013. See for yourself: Justin Timberlake (968K), Eminem (792K), Drake (658K), Jay Z (528K), Luke Bryan (528K), Timberlake again (350K), Daft Punk (339K), Kanye West (327K), J. Cole (297K) and Katy Perry (286K).

This is the first year since 2008 that five or more albums have sold 500K or more copies in their first week.

The Fine Print I: This year's sales standings, with Timberlake posting the year's biggest one-week sales tally and Eminem having the second biggest, is a replay of 2000. *NSYNC posted that year's largest one-week sales total with No Strings Attached while Eminem had the year's second largest with The Marshall Mathers LP.

The Fine Print II: Some of you may wonder why I say that Jay Z has had 11 #1 albums (rather than 12) since January 2000. I'm going by Nielsen SoundScan "week ending dates." Vol. 3…Life And Times Of S. Carter debuted at #1 in the week ending Jan. 2, 2000. And Nielsen SoundScan regards that as the final chart week of 1999 (because five of the seven tracking days took place in 1999.)

Quiz Answer: The two albums that kept The Slim Shady LP from hitting the #1 spot were TLC’s Fanmail and Britney Spears’ …Baby One More Time.

Celine Dion's Loved Me Back To Life debuts at #2. That's her highest ranking since One Heart debuted and peaked at #2 in March 2003. Dion first reached the top two in March 1996, when Falling Into You debuted at #2. It went on to hit #1, becoming her first of four #1 albums.

Dion is one of four artists from Canada in this week's top 10. The others are Avril Lavigne, Drake and Arcade Fire. Dion and Arcade Fire both hail from Quebec. Lavigne and Drake were both born in Ontario.

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Loved Me Back To Life is Dion's 12th top 10 album, which is the record for a female artist from Canada. Alanis Morissette is in second place, with six. Diana Krall, Lavigne and Sarah McLachlan are tied for third place, with five each.

You may be surprised to learn that Dion has sold even more albums than Eminem has: 51,965,000. Dion is in fifth place among all artists since 1991. But, unlike Eminem, she sold the bulk of that total (33,170,000 albums) in the 1990s.

Loved Me Back To Life enters the Canadian album chart at #1, edging out Eminem's album, which bows at #2.

The Robertsons' Duck The Halls: A Robertson Family Christmas jumps from #4 to #3 in its second week. It pulls ahead of Kelly Clarkson's Wrapped In Red as the best-selling holiday album so far this year (134K vs. 113K). Duck The Halls is #1 on Top Country Albums for the second week. It's the first Christmas album ever to spend multiple weeks at #1 on the country chart. Garth Brooks & The Magic Of Christmas topped the chart for one week in December 1999.

Avril Lavigne's Avril Lavigne debuts at #5. It's her fifth top 10 album, which matches the number of top 10 albums that Nickelback has had. That's the band fronted by her husband, Chad Kroeger. Lavigne has had one more #1 album than Nickelback (two vs. one), but Nickelback has sold more total albums, according to Nielsen SoundScan: 22,687,000 vs. 12,167,000.

Lavigne's album debuts at #1 in Japan. It's the first album by an international artist to top the Japanese chart since Lady Gaga's Born This Way. Lavigne's The Best Damn Thing and Goodbye Lullabye also hit #1 in Japan. Lavigne is the second international artist to amass three #1 albums in Japan since mid-2004. The other: Bon Jovi.

Drake's Nothing Was The Same this week pulls ahead of Jay Z's Magna Carta…Holy Grail to become the best-selling hip-hop album so far this year. Nothing Was The Same has sold 1,066,000 copies (it's #5 for the year-to-date). Magna Carta…Holy Grail has sold 1,054,000 (it's #6).

Drake's Nothing Was The Same this week pulls ahead of Jay Z's Magna Carta…Holy Grail to become the best-selling hip-hop album so far this year. Nothing Was The Same has sold 1,066,000 copies (it's #5 for the year-to-date). Magna Carta…Holy Grail has sold 1,054,000 (it's #6).

A Great Big World's "Say Something" vaults from #149 to #1 on Hot Digital Songs. The duo performed the ballad with Christina Aguilera on The Voice on Nov. 5. It sold 189K copies this week, which is the lowest tally for a song at #1 on this chart in nearly a year (since Rihanna's "Diamonds" hit #1with sales of 171K). Where will "Say Something" debut on the Hot 100? You'll find out later today when we post our Songs blog.

Here’s the low-down on this week’s top 10 albums.

The Top Five: Eminem's The Marshall Mathers LP 2 debuts at #1 (792K). It's his eighth top five album…Celine Dion's Loved Me Back To Life debuts at #2 (77K). It's her 12th top 10 album…The Robertsons' Duck The Halls: A Robertson Family Christmas jumps from #4 to #3 in its second week (73K)….Katy Perry’s Prism drops from #2 to #4 in its third week (61K). It has been in the top five the entire time…Avril Lavigne's Avril Lavigne debuts at #5 (44K). It's her fifth top 10 album.

The Second Five: Kelly Clarkson's Wrapped In Red drops from #3 to #6 in its second week (43K)…Drake's Nothing Was The Same drops from #5 to #7 in its seventh week (37K). It has been in the top 10 the entire time…Lorde's Pure Heroine drops from #5 to #8 in its fifth week (35K). It has been in the top 10 the entire time… Arcade Fire's Reflektor drops from #1 to #9 in its second week (31K)… Luke Bryan's Crash My Party rebounds from #12 to #10 in its 13th week (31K). This is its 10th week in the top 10.

Four albums drop out of the top 10 this week. Miley Cyrus' Bangerz drops from #9 to #12. Thomas Rhett's It Goes Like This drops from #6 to #24. Toby Keith's Drinks After Work drops from #7 to #27. Linkin Park's Recharged drops from #10 to #29.

Pentatonix's PTX, Vol. 2 debuts at #11. PTX, Vol. 1 reached #14 in 2012. The a cappella quintet specializes in covers, mash-ups and medleys of pop hits...The Wanted's third studio album, Word Of Mouth, debuts at #16. An EP by the group hit #7 in 2012...Il Divo's seventh studio album, A Musical Affair, debuts at #19. All seven have cracked the top 20…James Blunt's fourth studio album, Moon Landing, debuts at #20. All four have cracked the top 20.

Lecrae's Church Clothes Vol. 2 debuts at #21. His first Church Clothes mixtape in 2012 didn't chart...

Kacey Musgraves' Same Trailer Different Park re-enters the chart at #22. It debuted and peaked at #2 in March. Musgraves won New Artist of the Year at last week's CMA Awards.

Glee Cast's A Katy Or A Gaga (Music From The Episode) EP debuts at #43. It enters Top Soundtracks at #1…Pitch Perfect drops from #105 to #119 in its 55th week. It's the highest-ranking soundtrack to a theatrically-released movie for the 28th week.

Thor: The Dark World was #1 at the box-office over the weekend.

Dream Theater's Live At Luna Park is #1 on Top Music Videos.


Coming Attractions: Look for Lady Gaga’s Artpop to debut at #1 next week. Also due: Now 48, The Beatles' Live At The BBC, Vol. 2, Bun B's Trill OG The Epilogue, Kellie Pickler's The Woman I Am, A Perfect Circle's Three-Sixty, Now Disney 2 and The Killers' greatest hits album, Direct Hits.

To My Readers: Yahoo has folded most music blogs into one blog, the cleverly titled Yahoo Music. I'll aim to keep Chart Watch as part of the title of each blog, but it's now officially part of the Yahoo Music blog. I'm sorry if that makes it harder to find. They tell me you can find all my stuff by going here: music.yahoo.com/blogs/author/paul-grein/

[Deleted]

nice numbers for Eminem!

[HolidayGuy]

www.billboard.com/articles/news/5785918/eminem-debuts-at-no-1-on-billboard-200-celine-dion-and-avril-lavigne-in-top

Eminem Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200, Celine Dion and Avril Lavigne in Top Five
By Jason Lipshutz, New York | November 13, 2013

As reported yesterday, Eminem makes a splash at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, as his new album "The Marshall Mathers LP 2" debuts atop the list with 792,000 according to Nielsen SoundScan.

It marks the second-largest sales week of the year, behind only the arrival of Justin Timberlake's "The 20/20 Experience," which started with 968,000 in March. The year's second-largest week had been the debut of Drake's "Nothing Was the Same" (658,000).

"The Marshall Mathers LP 2" ("MMLP2") also logs the sixth-biggest sales week of the past five years. Since November of 2008, the only larger weeks were earned by Taylor Swift's "Red" (2012, 1.2 million its debut), Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" (2011, 1.1 million debut), Swift's "Speak Now" (2010, 1 million debut), Timberlake, and Lil Wayne's "Tha Carter IV" (2011, 964,000 debut).

"MMLP2" marks Eminem's seventh No. 1 album -- all consecutive, and all debuts at No. 1. His only album to miss the top slot was his first release, 1999's "The Slim Shady LP." It debuted and peaked at No. 2.

Impressively, "MMLP2" posts a larger debut than Eminem's last album, 2010's "Recovery," which started with 741,000. And, both albums bowed bigger than his previous set, 2009's "Relapse," which entered with 608,000.

To put "MMLP2's" sales figure in perspective: It sold more than the combined sales of the Nos. 2-32 albums on the Billboard 200 this week. Further, "MMLP2" accounted for 14% of all album sales. Another way to look at it: 1 out of every 7.2 albums sold was "MMLP2."

One of those other albums is Celine Dion's "Loved Me Back To Life," which debuts at No. 2 with 77,000 sold. It's the diva's highest charting album since 2003's "One Heart" also bowed at No. 2. "Loved," however, tallies Dion's smallest start for an English-language studio album since 1993's "The Colour Of My Love" bowed with 16,000 (at No. 88). Her last studio set, 2007's "Taking Chances," debuted and peaked at No. 3 with 214,000 sold in its first week.

Two more debuts arrive in the top 10 this week: Avril Lavigne's self-titled album (No. 5 with 44,000) and Pentatonix's "PTX: Vol. II" (No. 10 with 31,000).

This is Lavigne's fifth straight top 10 -- her entire output so far. Yet, "Avril Lavigne's" first-week is the singer/songwriter's lowest yet, dipping below the 62,000 start of her "Let Go" debut in 2002.

On a more positive note, a capella group Pentatonix earns its best week ever, as its new album starts with 31,000. That easily trumps their earlier high-water mark, when "PTX: Volume 1" debuted and peaked at No. 14 with 18,000 back in 2012. They followed it with a holiday collection later that year, which reached No. 45 from a 12,000 launch.

As for the holdovers in the top 10, last week's No. 1, Arcade Fire's "Reflektor," falls to No. 9 with just over 31,000 (down 77%).

Meanwhile, another of last week's debuts -- the Robertsons' "Duck the Halls: A Robertson Family Christmas" -- actually grows in sales. The holiday set -- from the "Duck Dynasty" TV family -- surprisingly improves by 5% in its second week. It's an achievement not only because most albums decline in their sophomore frame, but also because Christmas albums traditionally don't start selling in great numbers until closer to Thanksgiving.

Comparatively, the other Christmas set that debuted in the top 10 last week -- Kelly Clarkson's "Wrapped In Red" -- falls from No. 3 to No. 6 with 43,000 (down 39%).

Katy Perry's "PRISM" dips 2-4 with 61,000 (down 33%), Drake's "Nothing Was the Same" falls 5-7 with 37,000 (down 3%) and Lorde's "Pure Heroine" is steady at No. 8 with 35,000 (up less than 1%).

Over on the Digital Songs chart, the impact of NBC's "The Voice" is felt strongly at No. 1: A Great Big World's "Say Something," featuring Christina Aguilera, debuts at No. 1 with 189,000 sold (up 1,761%). The song benefits from a performance of the song last week on the show, along with a newly-released version with "Voice" coach Aguilera.

Previously, the song had been available (without Aguilera), and had sold 52,000 through Nov. 3. The sales of both the old and new versions of the song are combined for tracking and charting purposes.

Lorde's "Royals" rises 3-2 with 186,000 (though it's down by 5%) and OneRepublic's "Counting Stars" rebounds 9-3 with 152,000 (up 16%). Last week's leader, Eminem's "The Monster," featuring Rihanna, falls to No. 4 with 150,000 (down 60%).

Katy Perry's "Roar" descends 4-5 with 136,000 (down 3%), Avicii's "Wake Me Up" drops 5-6 with 126,000 (down 10%) and Miley Cyrus' "Wrecking Ball" rises 10-7 with 121,000 (but down 1%).

Pitbull collects his lucky 13th top 10 on the Digital Songs chart as "Timber," featuring Ke$ha, rises 17-8 with 119,000 (up 43%). For Ke$ha, it is her 10th top 10 hit.

To close out the top 10: Passenger's "Let Her Go" falls 7-9 with 118,000 (down 15%) and Imagine Dragons' "Demons" rises 14-10 with 110,000 (up 12%). It's the second top 10 hit on this chart for the act, which previously went as high as No. 2 with "Radioactive."

Overall album sales in this past chart week (ending Nov. 10) totaled 5.68 million units, up 21% compared with the sum last week (4.70 million) and up 4% compared with the comparable sales week of 2012 (5.45 million). Year to date album sales stand at 234.33 million, down 7% compared to the same total at this point last year (251.30 million).

Digital track sales this past week totaled 20.62 million downloads, up 1% compared with last week (20.41 million) and down 3% stacked next to the comparable week of 2012 (21.32 million). Year to date track sales are at 1.09 billion, down 4% compared to the same total at this point last year (1.14 billion).

Next week's Billboard 200 competes with the same week in 2012 when: One Direction's "Take Me Home" debuted at No. 1 with 540,000. Six more albums arrived in the top 10, with the "Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2" starting at No. 3 (93,000). Taylor Swift's "Red" fell from No. 1 to No. 2 in its fourth week on the chart (145,000; down 26%).

[areyoureadytojump]

deleted because I was confused.

But, good news that we are above last year's sales week.

[Enigma.]

"Lorde's Pure Heroine drops from #5 to #8 in its fifth week (35K)."

He probably meant stays at #8

[areyoureadytojump]

MOST TOP 10 ALBUMS ON THE BILLBOARD 200
compiled by Chris Bigham

Rolling Stones 36

Frank Sinatra 33

Barbra Streisand 32 "Release Me"

The Beatles 30

Elvis Presley 27

Madonna 20 "MDNA"
Bob Dylan 20 "Tempest"

Paul McCartney 19 "New"

George Strait 18 "Love Is Everything"
Elton John 18 "The Diving Board"

Bruce Springsteen 17 "Wrecking Ball"
Neil Diamond 17 "Hot August Night"
Rod Stewart 17 "Time"

Johnny Mathis 16
Mariah Carey 16 "MCIIY"

Dave Matthews 15 "Away From The World"
Tim McGraw 15 "Two Lanes Of Freedom"
Jay Z 15 "Magna Carta... Holy Grail"

Garth Brooks 14 "Ultimate Hits"
Prince 14 "Lotus Flow3r"
Van Halen 14 "Different Kind of Truth"
The Beach Boys 14 "That's Why God Made the Radio"
R Kelly 14 "Write Me Back"
Eric Clapton 14 "Old Sock"
Toby Keith 14 "Drinks After Work."

Santana 13 "Guitar Heaven"
Barry Manilow 13 "15 Minutes"
Led Zeppelin 13 "Celebration"

Chicago 12
Rush 12
Alan Jackson 12 "Thirty Miles West"
Bon Jovi 12 "What About Now"
Korn 12 "The Paradigm Shift"
Celine Dion 12 "Loved Me Back To Life" *new*

[chartfreak]

Nov 13, 2013 11:18:08 GMT -5 areyoureadytojump said:

Surprise. Billboard left off the #10 album this week.

But, good news that we are above last year's sales week.

Pentatonix is #10

[Enigma.]

Grein says Luke Bryan...?

[chartfreak]

1. Eminem 792K
2. Celine Dion 77k
3. Duck Dynasty 72K
4. Katy Perry 64k
5. Avril 44k
6. Kelly 43k
7. Drake 37k
8. Lorde 35k
9. Arcade Fire 31k
10. Pentatonix 31k

[chopped89]

Does anyone know why "The Monster" sales are so low? It's been at #1 the whole week...

[chartfreak]

Nov 13, 2013 12:31:30 GMT -5 areyoureadytojump said:

^I'm sure it's Luke Bryan. HITS had Pentatonix at #10.

I'm confused, the Billboard article states Pentatonix is #10, or is that an error?

[chartfreak]

Nov 13, 2013 12:38:30 GMT -5 chopped89 said:

Does anyone know why "The Monster" sales are so low? It's been at #1 the whole week...

Complete My Album transactions, is the best reasoning.